Pokemon Center Dropped Its Exclusive Black Bolt And White Flare ETBs Yesterday, And It Followed A Similar, Frustrating Pattern

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sam Woods

Published May 8, 2025

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Summary

Pokemon Center's queue system tackles scalpers, but causes issues with collectors.
New TCG expansion Black Bolt and White Flare generates buzz, but stock scarcity persists.
Strict bot protections result in mixed success for customers, leading to inflated prices by scalpers.

Over the last few months, the Pokemon Center has been running a queue system when it drops in-demand 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon TCG products. Combined with much stricter purchase limits, the company is aiming to crack down on scalpers who have been ruining the🍒 ho📖bby for the regular collector.

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The problem is, the queuing system has caused just as many problems as it has solved, with complaints arisi🌊ng every time it is implemented. With the Black Bolt and White Flare Pokemon Center exclusive Elite Trainer Boxes hitting the store♔ yesterday, there was some hope the problem would be fixed. But, lo and behold, collectors ran into the same issues, with scalpers evidently getting their grubby mitts on a percentage of the stock.

Black Bolt And White Flare Pokemon Center Drop Was, Once Again, A Nightmare

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The Pokemon Company has really hit its stride with expansions this year. They've been increasingly hard to get hold of, but 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Prismatic Evolutions, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Journey Together, and soon, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Destined Rivals have all somehow managed to outdo each oth🌃er. Black Bolt and White Flare looks set to continue that pattern when it releases in July.

The expansion, which will be split into two for the first time ever in the English version of the TC🔯G, will feature a special art version of every Pokemon from 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Black and White's Unova, including a new rarity type, BWR.

Naturally, a set this exciting has generated a buzz in the Pokem🍬on community, so when the ETBs hit t🧔he Pokemon Center last night, there was a flood, and once again, it capitulated.

My experience this time was much, much smoother than that of the Destined Rivals PC ETB (I'm still bitter I queued for four hourꦇs and didn't get one) but there were doz𝓡ens of reports of pe🌼ople getting to the front of the queue, only to be booted back out, missing out on the products in the process.

I joined the queue late and was over one millionth in line, but I scraped through. However, strict bot protections meant that it wasn't the same for everybody, with multဣiple people telling me they were flagged.

You can find out your position in the queue by pressing F12, selecting🍃 the network tab, then all, clicking one of the growing _Incapsula_Resource tabs under 'Name', and then seeing your queue number under 'Pos:'. Thi෴s is risky, though, as it can cause the Pokemon Center to think something is up.

One person I spoke⛦ to said, "The Pokemon Center has overtuned its bot protection so much that it's now just RNG whether you'll get flagged as one, even if you're legit."

The Pokemon Center has overtuned its bot protection so muc🍰h that it's now just RNG whether you'll get flagged as one.

While some genuine collectors had success, others were unlucky, with scalpers scooping up sto🍒ck. Once again, these Elite Trainer Box🦩es have begun to appear on eBay for triple their RRP. People have been purchasing sets of two for ($445).

I don'🌱t have all the solutions, but something needs to be done to help those who have been collecting for yꦦears.